They held a bacon festival near here last weekend but I didn't go. The
newspaper had an article about it though. It also added some bacon
trivia.

- Bacon is one of the lowest priced meats. Prices dropped 25% last
year according to the USDA.

- Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese
began salting pork bellies as early as 1500BC.

- A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.

That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.

On 10/12/2015 9:24 AM, Gary wrote:
> They held a bacon festival near here last weekend but I didn't go. The
> newspaper had an article about it though. It also added some bacon
> trivia.
>
> - Bacon is one of the lowest priced meats. Prices dropped 25% last
> year according to the USDA.
>
> - Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese
> began salting pork bellies as early as 1500BC.
>
> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>
> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>

Not worthless at all. You never know when someone may ask "I wonder
when they first salted pork bellies?" and you'll have the answer.

Price of beef is way up and pork is way down. Lowest I recall in many
years.

On 10/12/2015 10:42 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/12/2015 9:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>> They held a bacon festival near here last weekend but I didn't go. The
>> newspaper had an article about it though. It also added some bacon
>> trivia.
>>
>> - Bacon is one of the lowest priced meats. Prices dropped 25% last
>> year according to the USDA.
>>
>> - Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese
>> began salting pork bellies as early as 1500BC.
>>
>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>
>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>
>
> Not worthless at all. You never know when someone may ask "I wonder
> when they first salted pork bellies?" and you'll have the answer.
>
> Price of beef is way up and pork is way down. Lowest I recall in many
> years.

The lower price of pork is why I bought a couple of pork tenderloins at
the store last week.

Jill

Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:42:04 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > Price of beef is way up and pork is way down. Lowest I recall in
> > many years.
>
> Beef is coming down. Beef briskets have been $2.34/lb at my grocer
> for 2 months and they have Choice T-bones for $4.99 this week.
>
> Looks at these prices compared to last year. Everything in red is
> down from last year, some as much as 40%. Look at chuck and brisket,
> especially. Loin and rib, not so much - People are still willing to
> pay the inflated prices for good steaks and roasts.
>
> http://www.beefretail.org/wholesalepriceupdate.aspx
>
> -sw

Lucky you. Can't get near that here.



--

On 10/12/2015 11:59 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I see bacon on the menu sometime today...
>
> -sw

I see you gorging those fat little cheeks until they're the size of a
catcher's mitt.

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On 10/12/2015 12:52 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> So remember all this if you're boycotting
> Smithfield!
>
> -sw


Bugger off and go sleep with the hogs, you swag-bellied old nag.

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On 10/12/2015 1:19 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Beef is coming down.

But enough about your sick relationship with Marty....

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On 2015-10-12, cshenk > wrote:

> Lucky you. Can't get near that here.

Agree.

Despite falling gas prices, beef is up. $7lb fer cube stks and
organic grass-fed burger jes jumped up $.50lb to $7.50 lb, since Thur.

nb

cshenk wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:42:04 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> Price of beef is way up and pork is way down. Lowest I recall in
>>> many years.
>>
>> Beef is coming down. Beef briskets have been $2.34/lb at my grocer
>> for 2 months and they have Choice T-bones for $4.99 this week.
>>
>> Looks at these prices compared to last year. Everything in red is
>> down from last year, some as much as 40%. Look at chuck and brisket,
>> especially. Loin and rib, not so much - People are still willing to
>> pay the inflated prices for good steaks and roasts.
>>
>> http://www.beefretail.org/wholesalepriceupdate.aspx
>>
>> -sw
>
> Lucky you. Can't get near that here.
>
>
>
STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS!


\|||/
(o o)
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| |
| Please don't |
|feed the Sqwerty & |
| Marty TROLLS! |
| |
`-------------ooO---'
|__|__|
|| ||
ooO Ooo

On 10/13/2015 10:59 AM, Whirled Peas wrote:
> On 10/12/2015 11:52 AM, Sqwertz wrote:

>> And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>> they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>> Smithfield!
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> According to Wikipedia
PLEASE DON"T FEED THE TROLL!!!!

\|||/
(o o)
,---ooO--(_)--------.
| |
| Please don't |
|feed the Sqwerty & |
| Marty TROLLS! |
| |
`-------------ooO---'
|__|__|
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ooO Ooo

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:59:56 -0700, Whirled Peas >
wrote:

> According to Wikipedia "As of 2015 it is majority owned by Chinese-based
> and state-owned holding company Shanghui International Holdings Ltd."

That's old news.

--

sf

On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:24:40 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>They held a bacon festival near here last weekend but I didn't go. The
>newspaper had an article about it though. It also added some bacon
>trivia.
>
>- Bacon is one of the lowest priced meats. Prices dropped 25% last
>year according to the USDA.
>
>- Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese
>began salting pork bellies as early as 1500BC.
>
>- A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>
>That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.

Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
bacon each year

On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:

>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>
>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>
> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
> bacon each year
>

My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:41:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je?us wrote:
>
>>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>>
>>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>
>> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>> bacon each year
>
>My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
>pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
>we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.

I seem to be using less bacon lately. I still love the taste of bacon
as much as I used to - but a little bit seems to go a lot further for
me these days. No idea why that is, probably just a phase I'm going
through. Not all that long ago I would have come close to going
through a pound a week on a regular basis.

One of my favourite breakfasts is a couple of strips of streaky bacon
with some onion, a cooked tomato and sliced avocado on the side.

On 10/13/2015 3:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
>>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>>
>>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>
>> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>> bacon each year
>>
>
> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
> pound of bacon each week.

Oooh, cardiologist bait!

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
> >> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
> >>
> >> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
> >
> > Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
> > bacon each year
> >
>
> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.

HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it lasts 6 months.

Is she overweight, by any chance?

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
> >> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
> >>
> >> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
> >
> > Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
> > bacon each year
> >
>
> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.

HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it lasts 6
months.

Is she overweight, by any chance?

=======

Depending on the thickness of the strips there are around 20 or so slices to
a pound, so if she stretched that pound out over a week with him eating a
couple of slices on Sunday, it would average out to less than 3 slices a
day, hardly anything to cause overweight.

Cheri

On 10/14/2015 6:44 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>
>>>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>>>
>>>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>>
>>> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>>> bacon each year
>>>
>>
>> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
>> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
>> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.
>
> HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it lasts 6 months.
>
> Is she overweight, by any chance?
>

Arterial assault with that much sat. fat.

"Arroyo seco" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/14/2015 6:44 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>>
>>>>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>>>
>>>> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>>>> bacon each year
>>>>
>>>
>>> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
>>> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
>>> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.
>>
>> HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it lasts
>> 6 months.
>>
>> Is she overweight, by any chance?
>>
>
> Arterial assault with that much sat. fat.

Nah.

Cheri

On 10/14/2015 6:56 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Arroyo seco" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 10/14/2015 6:44 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>>>>> bacon each year
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
>>>> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
>>>> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.
>>>
>>> HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it
>>> lasts 6 months.
>>>
>>> Is she overweight, by any chance?
>>>
>>
>> Arterial assault with that much sat. fat.
>
> Nah.
>
> Cheri

Surprisingly:

http://greatist.com/health/saturated-fat-healthy

Why Saturated Fat Can Be Good For You

Saturated fat has been shown to have loads of positive effects on the
body, including:

Liver Health: Saturated fat encourages the liver cells to dump their fat
cells, which helps the liver to function more effectively .
Immunity: Saturated fatty acids, especially the kinds found in butter
and coconut, help white blood cells to recognize and destroy invading
viruses and bacteria. Go get ‘em, boys!
Hormones: Eating saturated fat tends to increase free testosterone
levels, which helps to repair tissue, preserve muscle, and improve
sexual function .
Now, fat is high in calories, so it can promote weight gain in that
respect. Per gram, it has more than twice the calories of protein or
carbohydrates. But provided an eye is kept on portion size, saturated
fat in and of itself doesn’t have any negative impact on the body. In
fact, increasing fat intake might help with weight loss: One study found
that when three groups of obese people were fed diets of 90 percent fat,
90 percent protein, and 90 percent carbohydrates, respectively, the
high-fat group lost the most weight . Plus, it tastes freaking delicious.

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:44:12 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5:41:17 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-10-13 5:27 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>
>> >> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>> >>
>> >> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>> >
>> > Oh I dunno... now I know that I eat at least a whole pig's worth of
>> > bacon each year
>> >
>>
>> My wife eats about twice as much bacon as you do. We buy at least one
>> pound of bacon each week. I have a couple strips of it on Sundays when
>> we do a brunch thing. She has it almost every day.
>
>HUH?? I split a pound into 4 strip packets and freeze - I guess it lasts 6 months.
>
>Is she overweight, by any chance?

That would be the last thing bacon would do.

On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>Smithfield!
>
>-sw

I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
Chinese consumers?

William

On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>Smithfield!
>
>-sw

I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
Chinese consumers?

William

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 8:45:24 AM UTC-4, BigC300 wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
> >they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
> >Smithfield!
> >
> >-sw
>
> I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
> bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
> eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
> government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
> Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
> Chinese consumers?
>
> William

I'm boycotting crappy bacon, which includes quite a bit of
Smithfield's products. $10/lb for Nueske's is worth it
to me.

Cindy Hamilton

On 10/15/2015 6:44 AM, William wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>> they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>> Smithfield!
>>
>> -sw
>
> I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
> bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
> eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
> government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
> Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
> Chinese consumers?
>
> William
>


Nah, they're going to control OUR industry and poach production and
cleanliness techniques.

http://fortune.com/2013/06/04/the-re...of-smithfield/

With Shuanghui’s purchase of Smithfield, these numbers are less
abstract. The real story behind this transaction is that far-sighted
Chinese entrepreneurs fully understand that, because pollution has
contaminated major parts of China’s food chain, their future profit
opportunities lie in buying the entire food-production process abroad.
Bagging Smithfield, in this sense, is not about getting its hogs,
pork-processing technology, or even premium brand. It is really about
owning access to America’s safe farmland and clean water supplies.

On 10/15/2015 6:46 AM, William wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>> they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>> Smithfield!
>>
>> -sw
>
> I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
> bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
> eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
> government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
> Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
> Chinese consumers?
>
> William
>

No, that was a rumor only:

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/smithfield.asp

Moreover, people engaged in that industry have told us that the notion
of a Chinese-owned company raising hogs in the U.S., shipping them live
all the way to China for slaughtering and processing, then exporting the
meat back into the U.S. would be prohibitively cost-inefficient —
especially since the slaughtering and processing infrastructures already
exist in the U.S., and the Chinese domestic market for pork is far, far
larger than the U.S. market for pork.

On 10/15/2015 7:09 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 8:45:24 AM UTC-4, BigC300 wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> And this doesn't even include all the private label/house brands that
>>> they manufacture. So remember all this if you're boycotting
>>> Smithfield!
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> I don't think Americans are boycotting bacon. Everywhere I shop, the
>> bacon seems to be flying off the shelves. The bacon Americans are
>> eating was produced on American farms. Why do I care if the Chinese
>> government has legally purchased the stock of Smithfield on Wall
>> Street? Are they going to take all our bacon away and feed it to
>> Chinese consumers?
>>
>> William
>
> I'm boycotting crappy bacon, which includes quite a bit of
> Smithfield's products. $10/lb for Nueske's is worth it
> to me.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>


I would recommend:

http://www.smokehouse.com/burgers.nsf/pages/bacon

On 10/15/2015 10:01 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I never said anything about boycotting bacon,

**** off out of here, virus.

Sqwertz wrote:
> I never said anything about boycotting

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>> Omelet wrote:
>
>> He hates me 'cause I never slept with him...
>
> He hates himself because he is all he has to sleep with
> I don't know, sometimes he used to seem normal, then he went petty
> trough vindictive and now I just shun contact. I have enough crazies to
> deal with in my world without encouraging those who refuse to take their
> meds.

For the record, I never once even considered sleeping with you. And
you know that. You're the one who somehow got the idea that I was
going to move in with you - and you posted that to RFC just out of the
total blue.

After having met you twice at casual austin.food gatherings 2 or 3
years ago and not giving you any indication that there was any sort of
romantic interest in the least, you somehow twisted that into MY
MOVING IN WITH YOU?

That was just way too Psycho for me. I sat there at stared at the
screen for at least 15 minutes wondering, WTF? That was just way too
spooky. I've met weird, semi-psycho women before but you win, hands
down. Mapi of austin.general still holds the male title, but at least
he announced his psychosis right there lying on the floor of the bar
at B.D. Reilly's rather than romantically obsessing over me for 2
years.

Needless to say, you need to come to terms with what happened and why
your mind works that way and stop making up excuses for your fixation
and disappointment before we become the next Yoli and Michael. I'd
prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

And Jeremy, I was just tired of your decade of bullshit and visions of
grandeur about all these things you're "working on" or have not done
in the past. Even posting a call for meetings with imaginary people
about imaginary projects of yours at "the normal time and place", as
if you are somebody important with a life. I'm pretty sure you're
manic depressive mixed with habitual liar.

Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw
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On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 1:00:59 PM UTC-4, Arroyo seco wrote:

> I would recommend:
>
> http://www.smokehouse.com/burgers.nsf/pages/bacon

Thanks. I'll see if I can find it locally. That's one
of the pluses of Nueske's: several local stores carry
it.

Cindy Hamilton

On 10/15/2015 1:35 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 1:00:59 PM UTC-4, Arroyo seco wrote:
>
>> I would recommend:
>>
>> http://www.smokehouse.com/burgers.nsf/pages/bacon
>
> Thanks. I'll see if I can find it locally. That's one
> of the pluses of Nueske's: several local stores carry
> it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

If not they are a responsive place to order online from.

Their hams are of the highest quality as well. I have never been let
down by Burgers on any food item.